The pelvic bones of Physeter macrocephalus L.
Although from 1255 up till now about 47 Physeter macrocephalus have been cast upon the coast of the Netherlands, or have come ashore alive, but very few materials have been preserved and we are in the possession of only two specimens, those of 1937, the complete skeletons of which are preserved in t...
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ftnaturalis:oai:naturalis:318906 2023-05-15T17:59:22+02:00 The pelvic bones of Physeter macrocephalus L. Deinse, A.B. van 1954 application/pdf http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318906 http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150192 unknown http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318906 http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150192 (c) Naturalis Zoologische Mededelingen (0024-0672) vol.33 (1954) nr.4 p.25 42.84 Article / Letter to the editor 1954 ftnaturalis 2022-09-01T06:23:22Z Although from 1255 up till now about 47 Physeter macrocephalus have been cast upon the coast of the Netherlands, or have come ashore alive, but very few materials have been preserved and we are in the possession of only two specimens, those of 1937, the complete skeletons of which are preserved in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden. Apart from these skeletons the following fragments are preserved : 1. The damaged upper part of the skull and three vertebrae from the animal of Scheveningen, 1617. These fragments are in the possession of the Dutch Protestant Church, Keizerstraat, Scheveningen (Van Deinse, 1918, p. 42, etc., and Plate IV). 2. The left humerus, radius, and ulna, grown together, probably from the same specimen as no. 1. This bone was found, November 1907, in a pond in The Hague, and is now kept at the Gymnasium Erasmianum, Rotterdam (Van Deinse, 1916, p. 521, etc., with 4 figures, and 1918, pp. 38, 39, 47, with 2 figures). 3. One tooth from the sperm whale of Terschelling, 1762, preserved in the West-Terschelling Museum (Van Deinse, 1946, p. 206). 4. Fragment of a lower jaw, found in 1885 in a moat at Leiden, now in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden (Van Deinse, 1918, P- 49). 5. The distal part of a humerus, and an ulna with olecranon lacking. Both pieces were found at Sas-van-Gent, Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, in April 1948, they are now in the Geological Museum, Leiden (Van Deinse, Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant, July 24th, 1948). The above mentioned two skeletons are from male sperm whales (length Article in Journal/Newspaper Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Naturalis Digital Academic Repository (National Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands) |
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Although from 1255 up till now about 47 Physeter macrocephalus have been cast upon the coast of the Netherlands, or have come ashore alive, but very few materials have been preserved and we are in the possession of only two specimens, those of 1937, the complete skeletons of which are preserved in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden. Apart from these skeletons the following fragments are preserved : 1. The damaged upper part of the skull and three vertebrae from the animal of Scheveningen, 1617. These fragments are in the possession of the Dutch Protestant Church, Keizerstraat, Scheveningen (Van Deinse, 1918, p. 42, etc., and Plate IV). 2. The left humerus, radius, and ulna, grown together, probably from the same specimen as no. 1. This bone was found, November 1907, in a pond in The Hague, and is now kept at the Gymnasium Erasmianum, Rotterdam (Van Deinse, 1916, p. 521, etc., with 4 figures, and 1918, pp. 38, 39, 47, with 2 figures). 3. One tooth from the sperm whale of Terschelling, 1762, preserved in the West-Terschelling Museum (Van Deinse, 1946, p. 206). 4. Fragment of a lower jaw, found in 1885 in a moat at Leiden, now in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden (Van Deinse, 1918, P- 49). 5. The distal part of a humerus, and an ulna with olecranon lacking. Both pieces were found at Sas-van-Gent, Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, in April 1948, they are now in the Geological Museum, Leiden (Van Deinse, Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant, July 24th, 1948). The above mentioned two skeletons are from male sperm whales (length |
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The pelvic bones of Physeter macrocephalus L. |
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The pelvic bones of Physeter macrocephalus L. |
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The pelvic bones of Physeter macrocephalus L. |
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The pelvic bones of Physeter macrocephalus L. |
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The pelvic bones of Physeter macrocephalus L. |
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Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale |
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Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale |
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Zoologische Mededelingen (0024-0672) vol.33 (1954) nr.4 p.25 |
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